NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 10/23/2026*NEWSDUMP FRIDAY*MACRON FRANCE RACIST ATTACK*CHURCH ATTACK JORDAN*UKRAINE WAR*MAINE TARIFF TWEAK*NETANYAHU'S THREAT*DOJ ALASKA SENATE BLOCK*EBOLA SPREAD*BRAZIL ELECTION*YEMEN WAR*
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LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
SOME LATE DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO SATURDAY PROTESTS IN FRANCE.
POLICE CLOSED 24 METRO STATIONS IN PARIS AND BANNED A PROTEST IN PARIS ON A ROUTE PREVIOUSLY NEGOTIATED WITH UNION ORGANIZERS.
THE ORGANIZERS TAKING THE MATTER TO COURT.
MEDIA DISCUSSION ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF 'CS GAS' SUGGESTING ITS POTENTIAL USE BY THE POLICE...
(BFM-TV FRANCE) (MORE COVERAGE FUTURE POSTS)
THE US DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE JAY CLAYTON SPEAKS OF 'LETHAL PLOTTING EFFORTS' BY IRANIAN AGENTS THAT HAVE 'REACHED ADVANCED STAGES' IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND OTHER COUNTRIES.
THE IRANIANS SAID TO BE TARGETING AMERICAN OFFICIALS.
HE SENT OUT A LETTER TO TOP US OFFICIALS NOW PUBLISHED BY ISRAELI JOURNALIST BARAK RAVID...TIMES OF ISRAEL
"a planned terrorist act to kill our compatriots, our children, because of their skin color and religion they are given"
THE WORDS SPOKEN BY FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON THIS EVENING AS HE APPEARED NEAR THE SCENES OF SHOOTING ATTACKS THAT KILLED ONE AND WOUNDED FIVE OTHERS IN THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF PARIS.
MACRON SAYING FRANCE SHOULD 'NOT ALLOW THIS TERRORIST ATTACK TO DIVIDE US'.
THE 39-YEAR-OLD ATTACKER ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF A SUBMACHINE GUN AND TEAR GAS GRENADES...
THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF TRAPPES ALI RABEH SPEAKING OF A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK BEING IN INTENSIVE CARE...BFM-TV (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
ON MONDAY US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS:
"migrants have taken over France"
"Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon"...
EARLIER NEWS OF THIS STORY LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
Could the US attack Iran this weekend? "Absolutely" the word offered up by US Special Envoy and Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack when asked.
Barrack, a former confidante of Jeffrey Epstein as revealed in Epstein Files emails, also speaking of President Trump as 'accessible to a deal' and the US 'at the table for months and months and months'...AFP France-Dawn Pakistan...
THE UKRAINE WAR TONIGHT A UKRAINIAN ATTACK KNOCKING OUT POWER TO THE CITY OF SEVASTOPOL IN CRIMEA.
MORE UKRAINE WAR NEWS LATER IN THE SUMMARY...
THE LATEST IN THE YEMEN WAR ATTACK ALERTS IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL RIYADH AND SOUTHERN CITY OF NARJAN LATE TONIGHT...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...
TWO EXPLOSIONS IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL WITH ONE ATTACKING HOUTHI MISSILE SHOT DOWN...AFP FRANCE-DAWN PAKISTAN
MORE ON THE YEMEN WAR LATER IN THE SUMMARY.
Fighting in southern Ethiopia killing nine people causing 2,500 others to flee into Kenya.
The clashes involving rival members of the Oromo and Somali ethnic groups...REUTERS-MSN
CHURCH ATTACK JORDAN
(News, Comment, Analysis)
At least seven killed, 34 wounded when gunmen opened fire at a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan.
The attack during a funeral procession.
Survivors speaking of an explosion followed by the entry of masked gunmen who opened fire.
Three terrorist attackers said to have been involved police say they are searching for them.
The suspects described as members of a 'radical Takfiri organization'.
"Takfiri" a term applied to groups like ISIS (ISIL, Islamic State, Daesh) or Al-Qaeda.
These groups have western intelligence (CIA, MI6) links from their actions in the Syrian Civil War plus support linked to the United Arab Emirates now identified as an ally of Israel.
Shamima Begun who lost British her citizenship over joining ISIS as a teenager was smuggled into Syria to join ISIS by a Canadian intelligence operative in Turkey...
(UPDATED) THE OFFICE OF FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP PROCLAIMING A TRUCE ON THE UKRAINE WAR FRONT IN THE CITY OF OLESHKY (ALYOSHKI).
THE CEASEFIRE NEXT WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW THE SAFE EVACUATION OF CIVILIANS TRAPPED IN FIGHTING INCLUDING THE ELDERLY...OSINTdefender "X"...
TONIGHT THE RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY TASS REPORTING ON THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE CITY BY RUSSIAN PARATROOPERS...TASS RUSSIA
The messaging from Ukraine still speaking of speed cutbacks "Starlink" and "Starshield" satellite links that support Ukraine's war effort...Barak Ravid "X"
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham spoke with US President Donald Trump today.
His messages to Trump included both support for Ukraine and for Saudi Arabia under attack by the Houthis in the Yemen War...(Sky News UK)
US POLITICS A SAMPLING OF POLLS TODAY THE US SENATE RACE IN MAINE A TIE ACCORDING TO A FOX NEWS POLL.
BOTH REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS AND DEMOCRAT TROY JACKSON AT 49 PERCENT.
THE US SENATE RACE IN IOWA REPUBLICAN ASHLEY HINSON AT 47 PERCENT DEMOCRAT JOSH TUREK AT 45 PERCENT IN THE INSIDER ADVANTAGE POLL.
THE MICHIGAN US SENATE RACE DEMOCRAT ABDUL EL-SAYED 47 PERCENT, REPUBLICAN MIKE ROGERS AT 46 PERCENT IN ANOTHER INSIDER ADVANTAGE POLL.
IN OHIO'S US SENATE RACE DEMOCRAT SHERROD BROWN WITH 47 PERCENT, REPUBLICAN JON HUSTED AT 44 PERCENT ALSO IN A POLL FROM INSIDER ADVANTAGE.
THAT US SENATE RACE IN TEXAS DEMOCRAT JAMES TALARICO AT 51 PERCENT REPUBLICAN KEN PAXTON AT 47 PERCENT THIS ACCORDING TO TEXAS PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH.
THAT US SENATE RACE IN MINNESOTA DEMOCRAT PEGGY FLANAGAN 48 PERCENT, REPUBLICAN MICHELE TAFOYA 45 PERCENT A RASMUSSEN REPORTS POLL.
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S POPULARITY 57 PERCENT DISAPPROVE, 42 PERCENT APPROVE IN TWO SEPARATE POLLS DONE BY RASMUSSEN REPORTS AND RMG RESEARCH...REAL CLEAR POLLING LATEST POLLS (ALL POLLS)
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S TARIFFS TWEAKED FOR A STATE WITH A CRITICAL US SENATE RACE.
INCUMBENT US SENATOR REPUBLICAN SUSAN COLLINS ANNOUNCING THE PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO DROP TARIFFS ON GOODS INCLDUING SOME PAPER AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS, REFRIGERATION AND PACKAGING EQUIPMENT AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AMONG OTHER ITEMS.
BUT THE US IS LEVYING A NEW 50 PERCENT TARIFF ON A RANGE OF CANADIAN PRODUCTS INCLUDING SHAMPOOS, WINDOW AIR CONDITIONING UNITS AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT...CBC NEWS CANADA
The US strategic oil reserve tapped for emergency release of up to 400,000 barrels of oil. The move linked to a supply disruption at the Phillips 66 Lake Charles, Louisiana refinery...Reuters-Free Malaysia Today-MSN
(UPDATED) WITH JUST FOUR DAYS BEFORE ISRAEL'S ELECTION PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU THREATENING A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION IN JUDEA AND SAMARIA (THE WEST BANK).
NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL WILL CHOOSE THE TIME OF ITS IMPLEMENTATION...AL JAZEERA QATAR-DAWN PAKISTAN...
THE ENTIRE 'WEST BANK' IN A LOCKDOWN FOLLOWING A SHOOTOUT IN HEBRON WHERE TWO ISRAELI SOLDIERS AND TWO PALESTINIANS WERE KILLED.
LATE TONIGHT THE ISRAELI MILITARY MOVING INTO HEBRON.
In Florida the spike in Dengue Fever cases experienced in Hillsborough County (St. Petersburg) spreading into Pinellas County (Tampa).
Efforts are underway to fight and contain the mosquito-borne disease which has led to 425 locally acquired infections in Florida since the beginning of the year...WFLA TAMPA-THE HILL USA
(This Story Is Updated, Expanded)
Health authorities in Nigeria investigating an EBOLA case.
The woman infected was in Uganda where some EBOLA cases had been discovered with Uganda declaring itself EBOLA free at the end of July.
The center of the current EBOLA outbreak is the Democratic Republic Of Congo.
One suspected link is the woman's use of Entebbe International Airport in Uganda.
A Kenyan man died of EBOLA earlier this month after he returned to Kenya from Entebbe...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)...
Authorities in Kenya announcing a second EBOLA death today.
She is a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the man who died from EBOLA earlier this month. Her symptoms developed while she was in quartantine.
Seven EBOLA cases are being treated at two isolation sites in Kenya right now. They represent 'one cluster, with no evidence of community spread'...News Agencies-Al Jazeera Qatar
(UPDATED) THE US JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SUING TO BLOCK CERTIFICATION OF THE US SENATE ELECTION IN ALASKA.
THE CASE ARGUES THAT IF INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN LOSES HIS BID HIS LOSS IS TAINTED BY THE INCLUSION OF A SECOND CANDIDATE NAMED 'DANIEL J. SULLIVAN'...THE HILL USA...
PRESIDENT TRUMP TOLD REPORTERS IT WAS HIS IDEA TO FILE THE LAWSUIT AND HE MADE THE DECISION ON TUESDAY.
(News, Comment, Analysis)
The second round of Brazil's Presidential Election on Sunday. A hard-fought contest between incumbent Leftist critic of Israel President Lula da Silva and Rightist Pro-Trump Pro-Israel Senator Flavio Bolsonaro.
Brazil is a key player in the 'BRICS' economic alliance that includes India, Russia, China and South Africa. BRICS is seen as a threat to US economic dominance of the world.
Online activity is being closely monitored by Brazil's Supreme Court whose majority is friendly to Lula and hostile to Bolsonaro. Social media postings are being removed in the days prior to the election.
Latest polling showing a tight race as close as one percentage point of difference between the candidates...
ONE KILLED FOUR WOUNDED IN TWO SHOOTING ATTACKS IN THE SUBURBS OF PARIS.
ANTI-TERRORISM POLICE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON CALLING THE ATTACK TERRORIST AND RACIST (SEE STORY NEAR TOP SUMMARY)
IN ISRAEL THE SECURITY COORDINATOR FOR A JEWISH SETTLEMENT CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH WOUNDING A PALESTINIAN WOMAN ON SEPTEMBER 18TH.
PINHAS SHEM TOV RAN FIRED AT A PALESTINIAN CAR FROM AN UNAUTHORIZED ROADBLOCK...TIMES OF ISRAEL
A Ukrainian man arrested in Germany as a suspected Russian spy. He is said to have provided information on the production of weapons in Germany. The suspect is also said to have monitored NATO military installations...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)
IN THE YEMEN WAR THE SAUDIS SAY THEY INTERCEPTED A MISSILE AIMED AT THE SAUDI CAPITAL RIYADH...DAWN PAKISTAN...
THE HOUTHIS REPORTING THEY HAVE COME UNDER AIR ATTACK IN TWO GOVERNATES OF YEMEN...AL JAZEERA QATAR-DAWN PAKISTAN
The markets today.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 652.82 points or 1.23 percent.
The NASDAQ declined 53.52 points or .21 percent.
The price of oil in New York tonight following the close 103 dollars 44 cents a barrel up three dollars 97 cents or 3.99 percent...Marketwatch
ISRAEL'S MILITARY CHIEF SAYS THERE IS NO OPERATIONAL NEED TO ATTACK IRAN BEFORE TUESDAY'S ELECTION IN ISRAEL.
BUT LT. GENERAL EYAL ZAMIR ALSO SPEAKING OF IRAN BEING ATTACKED IF IT IS DETERMINED TO BE NECESSARY...TIMES OF ISRAEL
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